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One could argue that the HRE delayed unification of both Germany and Italy as it worked against centralisation around a particular region.

Anyone able to assist here? While I can provide design ideas I lack the tools to draw arms properly.

No worries. Typos and such crop up when we least expect!

Indeed it's the traditional partible inheritance that's the problem. OTL they tried to solve it with the Emperor title not being partitioned and having the kings all be subject to him however the kings's de facto independence ended up crushing the de jure dependence and it took Otto to resurrect...

Would not Ukraine be titled Ruthenia here? Iirc (the) Ukraine just means borderlands or marches and wouldn't be used as a more "stately" name until around the 18th century OTL With an actual 3rd State being created shouldn't that State form the basis of tge subsequent country and nation?

No. Chaucer merely popularised a dialect that what already spoken and came about as a means for the mixing Middle Classes to communicate with both the mostly French nobles and mostly English lower classes. Making it less French doesn't serve that purpose.

Essentially no. Based on the comparative sizes of speakers, competing prestige languages, and power projection it would extremely difficult to have the majority of what is now Germany speaking a Danish/Swedish dialect.

King of Frisia?

Executed almost immediately. He just killed their king in public. Yes and yes, as I see Gloucester mainly having had personal loyalty to him rather than his line per se. The Woodville's certainly support Tudor getting Richmond but they'd likely marry Elizabeth to Warwick. Depending on Warwick...

Nice updates but would be easier to read the first paragraphs if they were below the images not beside.

The 90s Supergroup set up by Chronology bassist and songwriter Dr John and primarily formed from the band's tribute acts. Notable hits include the amazingly successful Rock Opera of the same name, and subsequent film adaptation, which was a mockumentary of the original band's formation and rise...

Well the swiss cross does originate from the red/white crusade banner

@Slartibartfast how are things? Do you need one of the volunteers to help?

I'm saying it will be difficult to tell if a feature is shared because of common descent or shared because of longterm contact.

It's like how the previous generation were all Matilda and Maud 😁

Well, the North Sea area sort of already has one but I can a more definite one arising. However sprachbunds tend to be evident among unrelated languages and there's going to be a lot of interchange between the Old English and Norse dialects here to the point one might not be able to claim...

Technically the field part of Arms should come first so: Per fess Or & Sable, a stag passant Argent (And Per fess Azure & Vert, a castle Sable.) If you mean the field is cut horizontally into gold and black with a white stag also horizontal covering the two colours.

Could Edward's inheritance of Lorraine spark war? If not then his son's marriage to Burgundy almost certainly would as France seems likely to dispute those territories currently in France.

I disagree. Such a scenario is more likely to result in the languages merging than in Norse being a separate courtly language.

I don't think even that creates conditions for Norse to be the court language.